STALIN'S IRON HAND.
INTENSE UNREST IN SOVIET. <By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright) Received Thursday, 12.10 a.m. TOKIO, July 13. In an interview with the Australian Associated Press General Lushekov, chief of the Siberian G.P.TJ. who took refuge in Manchukuo and thence journeyed to TOkio, said the Soviet was certainly preparing for war hut its real intentions were unknown because Stalin alone rules, having destroy«d the proletarian communist ' regime, for which reason there was intense unrest. Questioned about the morale of -the Red Army, he replied that it •was poor, due to lack of confidence .in the leadership, dissatisfaction ' with the accommodation and disorganisation of the food and munitions supply. Moreover, the liand- ' ling of the equipment was careless. ■ Ther disaffection was due to the countless relatives among the mil- ' lions arrested and executed. Lushkoff declared he would disprove Moscow's claim that he was an imposter, but he did not produce any credentials.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 July 1938, Page 5
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